Introduction <br/> The Flashcard App—with Audio! <br/> 1 Pronouncing Spanish <br/> Patterns of Spanish Sounds <br/> Using Accent Marks—¿Sí o no? <br/> Running Words Together <br/> 2 Being Friendly <br/> Saying Hello <br/> Meeting New People <br/> Welcoming New People <br/> Being Polite at a Meal <br/> Celebrating <br/> Being Polite <br/> Emergencies <br/> Saying Goodbye <br/> 3 Developing a Spanish Vocabulary <br/> Noun Cognates <br/> Adjective Cognates <br/> Verb Cognates <br/> Adverb Cognates <br/> 4 Identifying People <br/> Possessives <br/> Ser, the Verb That Tells Who People Are <br/> Subject Pronouns <br/> Asking Questions <br/> DIÁLOGO Chicos nuevos <br/> Identifying People by Nationality <br/> Identifying People by Ethnicity <br/> Identifying People by Sexual Orientation <br/> Identifying People by Religion <br/> Learning Where People Are From <br/> Using de <br/> DIÁLOGO Profesores de español <br/> 5 Talking About Family <br/> Tú: Another Word for “you” When Talking to Friends and Family <br/> The Plural of “you” <br/> “We are” <br/> “They are” <br/> Making Nouns Plural <br/> Possessives—Singular and Plural <br/> Talking About Two or More Relatives <br/> DIÁLOGO Apellidos <br/> LECTURA La familia Martínez <br/> 6 Talking About Jobs <br/> What Do You Do? <br/> Jobs and Professions <br/> DIÁLOGO Médicos <br/> Showing Possession with de <br/> Making Jobs More Specific with de <br/> Y and también—Together <br/> Ni and tampoco <br/> Showing Contrast with pero <br/> LECTURA Nuestros vecinos y sus trabajos <br/> 7 Describing People <br/> Descriptive Adjectives <br/> Describing People Using the Indefinite Articles un, una, unos, unas <br/> Showing the Strength of an Adjective <br/> Making Comparisons <br/> Superlatives <br/> Tener, a Verb Used to Describe Parts of the Body <br/> The Numbers 0–29 <br/> Indicating Age with tener <br/> DIÁLOGO Vecinos nuevos <br/> LECTURA Mi compañera de cuarto <br/> 8 Identifying and Describing Things <br/> Common Things in Our Lives <br/> Things We Use on a Daily Basis <br/> In the Classroom <br/> In the Office <br/> Around the House <br/> Things Found Outside <br/> Using Long-Form Possessives <br/> Describing Things with Adjectives <br/> Describing Things by Size <br/> Describing Things by Shape <br/> Describing Things by Color <br/> Describing Things by Other Qualities <br/> Describing Things with Nouns <br/> Describing What Things Are Made Of <br/> Describing Things by Category <br/> DIÁLOGO Regalos <br/> LECTURA Modos de transporte <br/> DIÁLOGO En una tienda de ropa <br/> 9 “It,” Counting to Infinity, and Abstract Nouns <br/> Using Direct Object Pronouns <br/> Numbers from 30 Up <br/> DIÁLOGO Conversación entre un maestro y la directora de la escuela <br/> Abstract Nouns <br/> LECTURA Lo más importante en la vida <br/> 10 Times, Dates, and Events <br/> Telling Time <br/> The Days of the Week <br/> The Calendar <br/> LECTURA ¿De qué signo eres? <br/> Events—What, When, and Where <br/> DIÁLOGO Invitación <br/> Using ir: Going to an Event <br/> 11 How People Feel, the State of Things, and the Weather <br/> Talking About How Someone Feels <br/> Adverbs That Describe Conditions <br/> Adjectives That Describe Conditions <br/> Making Adjectives Weaker or Stronger <br/> Using tener: When Something Is Wrong with Someone <br/> DIÁLOGO ¡Mi pobre mamá! <br/> Describing the Condition of Places and Things <br/> LECTURA Estamos nerviosos <br/> Reporting the Weather <br/> DIÁLOGO Visita a Argentina <br/> 12 Indicating Location <br/> Indicating Location with estar <br/> DIÁLOGO Prueba de geografía <br/> Indicating “in,” “on,” and “at” with Spanish en <br/> Places Where You Can Be <br/> Other Prepositions That Show Location <br/> LECTURA Mi dormitorio <br/> Indicating Location Using con <br/> DIÁLOGO Muchacho perdido <br/> 13 Describing Facts and Common Activities <br/> The Infinitive <br/> -ar Verbs <br/> Conjugating -ar Verbs in el tiempo presente <br/> Asking Yes/No Questions with -ar Verbs <br/> Asking What Someone Does on a Regular Basis <br/> Asking for Information with -ar Verbs <br/> Using Adverbs to Tell How Things Are Done <br/> DIÁLOGO La vida de una estudiante <br/> Using Stem-Changing -ar Verbs <br/> -er Verbs <br/> Conjugating -er Verbs in el tiempo presente <br/> Using Stem-Changing -er Verbs <br/> Other Common Stem-Changing -er Verbs <br/> DIÁLOGO Estar en forma <br/> Some Useful -er Verbs That Have Irregular yo Forms <br/> Other Verbs Whose Infinitives End in -cer <br/> Verbs Whose Infinitives End in -ger <br/> -ir Verbs <br/> Conjugating -ir Verbs in el tiempo presente <br/> The Verb salir, an -ir Verb with an Irregular yo Form <br/> Using Stem-Changing -ir Verbs <br/> DIÁLOGO Un consejo <br/> The Verbs decir (i) and venir (ie)—Two Stem-Changing -ir Verbs with Irregular yo Forms <br/> Verbs Whose Infinitives End in -uir <br/> The Verb oír <br/> The Verb elegir—and Other Verbs Whose Infinitives End in -gir <br/> Verbs Whose Infinitives End in -cir <br/> 14 Describing Actions Toward People and Things <br/> Verbs That Cannot Take a Direct Object Noun or Pronoun <br/> Verbs Used with Direct Object Nouns and Pronouns <br/> Direct Objects That Are Things <br/> Placement of Direct Object Pronouns <br/> Direct Objects That Are People <br/> More Practice with Direct Objects <br/> LECTURA Mejores amigos <br/> DIÁLOGO Ayuda con la tarea <br/> 15 Speaking Reflexively and Impersonally <br/> Infinitives That Include -se <br/> Common Verbs That Take Reflexive Pronouns— and How to Translate Them into English <br/> LECTURA Rutina diaria <br/> DIÁLOGO De vacaciones <br/> Reciprocal Verbs: How to Say “each other” in Spanish <br/> The Impersonal se <br/> 16 Giving, Showing, and Telling <br/> Indirect Object Pronouns <br/> Giving: The Verb dar <br/> LECTURA Dictados <br/> Showing and Telling: The Verbs mostrar and decir <br/> Asking and Answering Questions <br/> DIÁLOGO ¡Feliz cumpleaños! <br/> Direct and Indirect Objects Together <br/> LECTURA Bailes latinos <br/> DIÁLOGO Hermanos unidos <br/> 17 Expressing Feelings <br/> Two Common Ways to Express Your Feelings <br/> Customizing verbos psicológicos for Singular and Plural Subjects <br/> Talking About Activities That You Enjoy—or Not! <br/> DIÁLOGO Actividades favoritas <br/> LECTURA A cada uno lo suyo (“To each his own”) <br/> 18 Describing Activities in Progress <br/> Expressing “now” <br/> Forming the Gerund in Spanish <br/> The tiempo presente progresivo: estar + Gerund <br/> DIÁLOGO Conversación por teléfono <br/> Indicating How Long an Activity Has Been Going On <br/> Indicating How Long Since Something Happened: hace <br/> Indicating the Start of an Action That Is Still Going On: desde <br/> DIÁLOGO ¡Qué buena idea! <br/> Indicating a First-Time Action <br/> LECTURA Estudiar demasiado <br/> 19 Describing Intentions and Plans <br/> Asking a Favor <br/> Offering a Favor <br/> Talking About Scheduled Events <br/> Expressing “going to” <br/> The Verb pensar (ie) <br/> Using Reflexive, Direct, and Indirect Object Pronouns to Discuss Plans <br/> DIÁLOGO Amigo enfermo <br/> LECTURA Descanso <br/> 20 Explaining Our Reasons <br/> Saying What You Want to Do: querer <br/> Alternatives to querer <br/> Saying What You Can Do: saber and poder <br/> Expressing Necessity: deber and tener que <br/> DIÁLOGO Amigos y hermanitas <br/> Verbs with Object Pronouns <br/> LECTURA Mi futuro <br/> “To have just done” <br/> Answer Key